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The newly elected Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has previously proposed trillions of dollars in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and suggested that slashing the programs should be the top priority of Congress.
During his tenure as chair of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) between 2019 and 2021, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) helped craft budget resolutions that called for roughly $2 trillion in Medicare cuts, $3 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts, and $750 billion in Social Security Cuts, noted Bobby Kogan of the Center for American Progress.
Alex Lawson, executive director of the progressive advocacy group Social Security Works, said in a Wednesday statement following the speakership vote that the budget proposals released by the Johnson-led RSC also endorsed raising the Social Security retirement age, lowering annual cost-of-living benefit increases, and advancing privatization efforts.
“Multimillionaire Johnson has […]
Of course, a multi-millionaire cares nothing about people who earned their social security, need Medicaid and Medicare desperately in this country. For a person who is so involved in his religious beliefs and constantly refers to God, somehow he missed the message to love thy neighbor as thyself, help the poor, be loving.
This man is none of that!!! Terri Quint
Empires in decline require increasing sacrifice. When that sacrifice cannot be imposed externally, they must be extracted internally. This is part of that effort. Note the complete disappearance of the defense budget and re-balanced taxation as issues.